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Your first year as the police chief of the Greenfield Police Department has been a resounding success

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Your first year as the police chief of the Greenfield Police Department

has been a resounding success. When you arrived the department was a traditional crime-fighting organization with a military command structure. Now the department is well on its way to implementing a community policing strategy and a participative management structure. You are confident the department's mission is in line with the current needs of the Greenfield community. You cross your feet on your desk; clasp your hands behind your head; and take a deep, relaxing breath. You are proud of your leadership and the department's accomplishments. But then, a troubling thought creeps into your head. What if community policing and participative management are outdated in five years? In ten years? Will the next chief look back at you and wonder why you were entrenched in an antiquated paradigm of policing? Will you be the next generation's Chief Slaughter? You want to be remembered as an innovator on the cutting edge of modern policing. You sit up in your chair and pull out a note pad.
What is your Ten Year Plan?
Note: you may base your answer to this question on your own organization or Central City; it may reflect current events and anticipation of future needs. You do not need to address changes to your budget in this answer, only changes in policy.